ABC#137, Baby Fold, 4-14-18

The weather wasn’t good but we had great participants. An awesome $2,618 was donated to The Baby Fold by 49 participants plus a couple others that could not attend. What a wonderful surprise considering that a day before the event, the weather forecast called for thunderstorms.

Aimee Beam, Norris Porter, and Lori Bultemeir, of The Baby Fold, were great hosts, greeting us and making sure we had water and sports drink. Before we ran, we recognized the “ABC Top Team” based on participation. Gold’s Gym won with 5 participants, edging out Be Strong (last year’s winner), and Often Running. After the group photos, we headed out for our run. Some did the 3-mile route up the trail to near I55 and back, some went to the water stop and back (6 miles) and others went to the end of the trail and back for a total of 7 miles. A few runners got extra miles by running some miles before the official start.

The post-run pot luck feast was great as usual, including coffee cake and a casserole from Meg Anderson, Swedish pancakes from Dan Anderson, pigs in a blanket from Sharri Pelarske, fruit from Carolyn Sutter, egg casserole from Sandra Sharp, casserole from Tammy Knippenberg, chocolate chip cookies from Kevin Fahling, protein bars from Angela Funk, grapes & bagels from The Baby Fold, and more. Thanks so much to everyone for making this event great fun and another huge success!